Many of our Vietnam veterans and people from their generation, there was nothing. It was a brown paper bag and a ham sandwich.
Rick Scott
The Public Record
Rick Lynn Scott is an American politician and businessman currently serving as the junior United States senator from Florida, a position he has held since January 3, 2019. A member of the Republican Party, Scott previously served as the 45th governor of Florida from January 4, 2011, to January 8, 2019. During his tenure as governor, he focused on job creation, economic growth, and education reform, implementing policies aimed at reducing taxes and regulations.
As a Floridian, I am working to bring these hearings to you so we can see and hear about the issues facing Florida seniors.
Those same problems exist in the VA systems, in health care. We have to re-imagine them.
One of the basic problems they have is when they are getting out of the military, they go through a physical, but in that case, they are not always getting a doctor.
When I used to be in the hospital business, my company. We ran 343 hospitals. I created a system that where anything important we measured.
It is a real honor to be back in my home State and get to do something like this.
I want to say, I am glad that you brought up just a minute ago the fact that the VA facilities are exempt from complying with the Federal ADA laws.





